Host a Katimavik volunteer for eleven days and discover Canada from home! Get a taste of what sets Canadians apart and what holds them together by becoming a Katimavik host family between February 23rd and March 4th, 2012. Katimavik is Canada’s leading national youth service learning organization. We are presently looking for families who are willing to host Katimavik volunteers aged 17 to 21 from across Canada. Here is your chance to get to know a young person who is presently volunteering in your community while introducing them to your way of life.
As part of Katimavik’s program, our volunteer youth spend eleven days with a host family in the region in order to get a better sense of the culture and local life of the community. For some volunteers this is also an excellent opportunity to benefit from a full-fledged linguistic immersion. This precious experience will be filled with discoveries for both your family and the volunteer(s). Each family that hosts a Katimavik volunteer receives a stipend to offset costs.
How can you become a billeting family?
Contact us at (613) 730-3269 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will be happy to discuss opportunities with you! Katimavik comes to Ottawa.
The Katimavik group arrived in Ottawa on January 4th and will live in the community [Old Ottawa South] for the next six months. The group is comprised of six young women and five young men and are supervised by a Project Leader who lives with them. These volunteers are working five days a week at local not-for-profit organizations including: The Otesha Project, Ecology Ottawa, YMCA-YWCA National Capital Region, University of Ottawa- Physical Resources and Sustainability, EnviroCentre, CPAWS Ottawa Valley Chapter, Ottawa Riverkeeper, EcoEquitable, and Maison Tucker House.
About Katimavik
Katimavik is Canada’s premier national youth learning through volunteer service organization. Since its foundation in 1977, more than 30,000 young Canadians have participated in Katimavik programs. Katimavik provides young Canadians with the opportunity to volunteer in community development initiatives across the country and develop valuable, transferable employment skills. Katimavik service and learning programs focus on the development of lifelong personal, professional and social competencies in the areas of civic engagement, healthy lifestyle, cultural discovery, official languages, communication, environmental stewardship and project coordination. For the 2011-2012 program year, Katimavik will be present in 52 communities in which more than 1,100 volunteers will be dispersed throughout the country.
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